SyAAF From The Archive - Part VI

Some of the ever rarest historical photos of SyAAF units EXCLUSIVELY owned by Luftwaffe A.S blog I wanted to post here to allow our great audiences have a look on!
I select the Mil Mi-1 to start with as it was never seen before, even never thought to be delivered to Syrian Air Force! The Mi-1 here appears in a footage of an exercise, notice the soldier jumping down from this mini helicopter.

 
The Mi-1 appeared again in another shot in a pair following a Mil Mi-4, it's still unknown when and how many units of each type was delivered to SyAAF.

A pair of Syrian Mi-1 passing over Damascus during the ceremony of Syrian Air Force anniversary.

 

The only photo for the SyAAF Beagle Il-28 in flight!! Here it appears accompanied with a pair of MiG-17 passing low over Damascus in the SyAAF anniversary.

 

Photo for one of the early examples of SyAAF MBB 223 Flamingo serialed 2157, used to be camouflaged in White & Blue.
 

 
Formation of SyAAF MiG-17, the absolute beauty of the Syrian Air Force!

Rare photo for a formation of SyAAF Su-20's.

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SyAAF Various VI




MBB/Siat 223 Flamingo photographed in Kweres (Rasm El-Abboud) AFB prior to shifting these basic trainers from the central tarmac to hide them behind the ceremony stage.
 

 
SyAAF L-29 Delfín in display at the gate guard of Kweres AFB.

 
The only available photo of MFI-17 Mushshak. SyAAF received two examples of this Pakistani made basic trainer and both are based in Kweres AFB as well.

 
SyAAF MiG-17 in display in the famous 'Al-Tayyara' roundabout in Deir EzZour city.

 
One of the rarest photos of a camouflaged SyAAF MiG-17. This still is taken at Kshesh AFB in 1984.

 
SyAAF An-26 photographed landing in Hama AFB on 14th May 2014.

 
Syrian Air IL-76T YK-ATB in an unidentified airfield.

 
The only and historical flight of the Syrian Air YK-SQG Yak-40 from Damascus IAP to Aleppo IAP on 22nd Jan. 2014 after almost a year of halting flight to the latter.

Another take of the same Yak-40 in Aleppo IAP, no news about any other civil transporter landed in Aleppo IAP since that event.

Photos of SyAAF MiG's - MISC

New update for the series of stills of the MiG aircraft family serving for the SyAAF. I would start here with a real treasure came to public this week: SyAAF MiG-29's!! This photo shows a pair of Syrian MiG-29's just before seconds of taking off from their home base: SEEN AFB -note the other two MiG's inside the double shelter.
Two things would make this photo Exceptional: If the serials were readable, and if air-to-air missiles were fitted to the pylons!!

This is a key map for the SEEN AFB: the Red dot represents the location of the camera -targeting little to the right of the double HAS as shown-, white the Greed two dots represent the location of the MiG's on the runway preparing to take off.

Another great still is for a SyAAF MiG-23ML with serial 2797 taking off (could be from Dmeyr or SEEN AFB).
Two things to mention about this ML: Note the locally developed flare dispensers fitted on both sides of the tail fin, and: this is the same ML which was spotted in Krasnodar overhaul facility on June 2008!! (refer to this POST for further details).

MiG-23BN spotted maneuvering over Darayya after an attack sortie on 15 Oct. 2013.

The very famous and the ever poorest SyAAF MiG-17 which was in display in the campus of the university of Aleppo photographed in 1996. The serial 1228 is painted roughly and could be written by the students themselves, but sounds plausible since a batch of SyAAF MiG-17's used to carry the serial 12XX.
This MiG-17 was shifted somewhere out in 2001 or 2002.

SyAAF MiG-15UTI photographed in the Military Museum of Damascus, carrying the serial 273.
Note that the drop tank fitted under wing belongs to another airframe with serial 254.

Photos of SyAAF MiG-15/17's

Few stills of SyAAF MiG-15's and MiG-17's I collected from many sources, gathered them in a post to share them with you.
For the 40th anniversary of Teshreen war, I would choose to start with a MiG-17 in display in Deir EzZour, the birthplace of the great ace Ghassan Abboud who could downed Six Israeli aircraft during the war.

Another shot for the same MiG-17 which is in display in a roundabout in the city which is known as 'aircraft roundabout'. I'm not sure here whether the camo is original since the serial numbers are over-painted.

Rare shot for a SyAAF MiG-17 with its serial number 1219. Infront, the pilot Riyadh Ali Hmesheh who was martyred during the aerial combats over Lebanon in 1982.

Another MiG-17 in display, but I could not recognize the location. It carries the serial 1159.

MiG-15bis also in display in Aleppo city.

Another shot for the same. The insignia under the cockpit is probably the Air Force Academy's.

Photos from SyAAF KWERES AFB (Part I)

It's not Green yet, unfortunately, but soon will be.
Kweres, which is known also Rasm Al Abboud, or الكلية الجوية 'The Aerial Academy' that located to the east of Aleppo, somewhere in the middle between Aleppo IAP (Neyrab) and Kshesh AFB.

I got to find some great photos taken in the period between 13th and 24th Aug. 2013 in which we can notice some slight modification to the layout of air units.
Let's start with the photo which shows the main yard, the corrugated-metal hangar seen to the left in the background -it is one of two- is the one which is known as الصيانة 'The Maintenance', in this image we can survey:
- 9 L-39's
- 3 Mi-8's (one of them carries the serial 37 or 27)
- 1 Flamingo
- 1 wrecked Meteor

Closer shot to the same hangar, which can accommodate at least Eight to Ten L-39's.

This area is to right of that hangar, shows wreckage of two Meteors. It's good to know here that in Kweres alone there are Fifteen airframes of this type, One only in Neyrab and One used to be seen in the Technical Academy in Aleppo city before shifting it somewhere.

Another Two poor Meteor's lie here, I don't remember if I mentioned before this fact somewhere in my blog: these Meteor's were phased out from service with their full operational status! that took place when Soviets started delivering their MiG-15's in 1950's, one phased out Meteor did not record more than 10 hours flying!!!

Now, going to the far eastern border of the air field, with a comprehensive shot shows the eastern secondary tarmac accommodating Five L-39's. Another one can be seen inside the HAS to the right of the image. 

Closer shot to the L-39's there...

And, to the one inside the HAS, with two Mi-8's seen in the first photo.

Our hero here did not save any measure to photo-archive the base from different corners -hoping he will do the same to the western end of the air field. Showing the Five L-39's here with a very interesting wreckage of MiG-15UTI, MiG-17 and MiG-21 (could be F-13) newly brought here!!

Another Four L-39 are gathered inside an aircraft shelter not very far from the south eastern double HAS.

The Two Mi-8's in a very weird location, never used to accommodate any aircraft here before, in the coming days I will prepare a key map showing the location of each aircraft recently spotted in the base.

Again they appear here...

A shot shows the location of a SyAADF AA guns, to the left of the photo there is an aircraft looks like a MiG-21 while previously there was only one Meteor in this place. We have to wait until new GE aerial imagery comes.

The last photo is for a Meteor sadly lies away from the tarmac where it belongs to with its washed out camo.
I'm sure someday -in the near future- we are going to see detailed photos for these great birds.

Photos from SyAAF KSHESH AFB (Part IIII)

Some more photos...I'd start with a very artistic shot for the row of scrapped MiG-15s / 17s...

Excellent HD shot...

Another HD shot for the L-39 with serial 2118. 

From another corner...

As seen from behind the fence of the airbase...
 

Damaged L-39 inside the HAS which was bombed by regime aircraft in a "desperate measures" to counter-attack the "Green Invasion"...

A look at L-39 cockpit.

Two MiG-15UTI's in different camo's. 

  

MiG-15UTI with serial 263.

Close shot for another MiG.

MiG-17 with old SyAAF flag.

And another MiG-17 here.